Chatter

By Katie

July 14, 2008 5:52 AM | Link to this

Butt-wiper is p** water anyway. American beers suck!!!

By Ginny

July 14, 2008 5:59 AM | Link to this

time to switch to another brand

By jc

July 14, 2008 6:11 AM | Link to this

I usually don’t drink beer…but when I do I prefer dos equis……….

By Deb

July 14, 2008 6:20 AM | Link to this

It’s a shame to lose still another American company! If this keeps going we’re just going to have a bunch of very rich Boards of Directors, and a lot more unemployed Americans.

By Ralph

July 14, 2008 6:21 AM | Link to this

Here go more American jobs overseas. It’s just sad.

By Jeff

July 14, 2008 6:29 AM | Link to this

Say it ain’t so, Anheuser Busch!! This is really a shame that such an icon can get swept away from a German company nonetheless. Sad day for beer drinkers in the USA.

As they say: “There goes the neighborhood.”

By charlie_s_atl

July 14, 2008 6:29 AM | Link to this

Let’s see; Chrysler Building to Dubai - check Anheuser-Busch to InBev - check White House to OPEC - check

say good bye to America

By Jeff

July 14, 2008 6:30 AM | Link to this

Say it ain’t so, Anheuser Busch!! This is really a shame that such an icon can get swept away from a German company nonetheless. Sad day for beer drinkers in the USA.

As they say: “There goes the neighborhood.”

By Al

July 14, 2008 6:45 AM | Link to this

Whether you Republican aholes like it or not, this is directly due to the poor decisions your president and Congress made during their first term starting 2001. They caused this country to be weak, and prime our companies for foreign takeovers. What a shame…

By Tim Scott

July 14, 2008 6:55 AM | Link to this

SAD DAY WE ARE ALLOWING AMERICA TO BE SOLD OFF TO FORIEGN INVESTORS A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME. I HAVE LOYALLY BOUGHT AB PRODUCTS FOR THE LAST 32 YRS, THAT WILL STOP TODAY. COORS HERE I COME.

By Tim Scott

July 14, 2008 6:57 AM | Link to this

SAD DAY WE ARE ALLOWING AMERICA TO BE SOLD OFF TO FORIEGN INVESTORS A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME. I HAVE LOYALLY BOUGHT AB PRODUCTS FOR THE LAST 32 YRS, THAT WILL STOP TODAY. COORS HERE I COME.

By Tim Scott

July 14, 2008 6:58 AM | Link to this

SAD DAY WE ARE ALLOWING AMERICA TO BE SOLD OFF TO FORIEGN INVESTORS A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME. I HAVE LOYALLY BOUGHT AB PRODUCTS FOR THE LAST 32 YRS, THAT WILL STOP TODAY. COORS HERE I COME.

By Jim

July 14, 2008 7:05 AM | Link to this

It’s unfortunate, but I have not drank this watered down version since I was a kid. If you don’t change with the times you lose.

By threedeep

July 14, 2008 7:08 AM | Link to this

I am not a beer drinker but from a business perspective this is not good. Coors was sold to Molson last year I believe which makes to top two beer companies now foreign owned. This is a trend we have seen in the auto industry and moving to the electronics industry. We are our own worse enemy when it comes to American business strength; the result is lost jobs and world economic clout so a few board members can increase their independent wealth.

By James

July 14, 2008 7:18 AM | Link to this

Personally, I was already drinking Belgian, German and Dutch made beers anyway. Much better than Budweiser products by far. Just hope they keep the Cyldesdales.

All you dumba$$ double-posters need to READ the message at the bottom that says “there will be a delay of up to 5 minutes before your comment appears!” How about clicking ‘post’ ONCE and waiting for the server to do it’s job. Morons.

By AtlantaCyclist

July 14, 2008 7:22 AM | Link to this

Seems like good business to me. Shareholders got a hell of a deal.

By Regular Joe

July 14, 2008 7:36 AM | Link to this

“Seems like good business to me. Shareholders got a hell of a deal.”

They normally do, however long term this is probably not good for the U.S.

BP acquired Amoco and ARCO. After a brief togetherness time frame, both disappeared.

I don’t drink a lot of beer, but I would occasionally buy Bud only because it was from the U.S., not because it was that good. No reason to buy it now.

By Kevin

July 14, 2008 7:44 AM | Link to this

Bye Bye Fudweiser use be the king now a queen….yes they gone to far n yet u blame are President for this some way…and Omama will pounce like a god sayin are president did it…Sorry it was due to the grandson of the founder doin it make a big money n say Bye Bye suckers…

By kevin

July 14, 2008 7:50 AM | Link to this

Ah gee katie hates america well u hate us Move to Mexico are Iran become a moron to the man who held the 200 people in Iran..Under u worst president Jimmy carter enjoy it

By kevin

July 14, 2008 7:51 AM | Link to this

Ah gee katie hates america well u hate us Move to Mexico are Iran become a moron to the man who held the 100 people in Iran..Under u worst president Jimmy carter enjoy it and i don’t drink beer!!

By Will

July 14, 2008 7:53 AM | Link to this

OBAMA will save Budweiser!

By Pierre

July 14, 2008 7:54 AM | Link to this

HAHAHAHA…looks like those wimpy, skunky foreign beers KICKED BUDWEISER’S BUTT! I from France and, yes, WE ARE LAUGHING AT YOU STUPID WIMPY AMERICAN LOSERS!

By swolf4810

July 14, 2008 8:00 AM | Link to this

I’m not aware of ONE SINGLE fine FRENCH BEER, butt-wipe. So what are you crowing about? Go home.

By jill

July 14, 2008 8:01 AM | Link to this

It’s a horrible beer, and I haven’t had one since I first tried beer. I’m sticking with the good homegrown microbreweries, thank you.

By ashley

July 14, 2008 8:05 AM | Link to this

bud board was smart. if obama wins, long term gains taxes will double, corporate taxes will go up, and the value of the company will go down. they got out before the dems could wreck their investment.

By Dalton

July 14, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this

Katie, James, and et al are right - American beer is horrible, and anyone who has tried Belgian, German, or British beer (note: InBev is Belgian - not German, which speaks volumes about American education these days) can instantly tell that the European brews are vastly better than the watery mass market American brews. Maybe the A-B products will improve, but if they keep targeting the lowest common denominator, American beer will remain like American food - bland, dumbed down, quantity over quality…

Signed, American who moved to Europe

By Hans

July 14, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this

Well, I am from Germany, home to the BEST beers in the world and we, too, are laughing at the STUPID AMERICANS! You LOSERS, in politics and in business….now WE OWN YOU! haahahhaha

By Eve;yn

July 14, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this

A-B donated over 13 billion to local St. Louis charities last year. In-Bev donated nothing to any charities where they are. It is a very sad day in St. Louis. Greed won out!

By SaveOurRepublic

July 14, 2008 8:12 AM | Link to this

Sad but not surprising. The fact is most big “American” (based) corporations have NO allegiance to American workers & thus the mass outsourcing of American jobs & insourcing of cheap, 3rd rate H-1B visa workers (taking American jobs). This is just an another example of Globalization & the constant attack on American jobs, the middle class, small business and U.S. sovereignty!

P.S. - For you brew patriotic brew drinkers, I’d suggest local micro-brews instead of these sellout Corporation’s big brewery swill.

http://www.jbs.org

By bourbon cowboy

July 14, 2008 8:13 AM | Link to this

this is nothing more than a change at the executive level. the “employees” who will lose jobs no doubt have benefited from the inflated “offer” on the part of InBev (most A-B employees own lots of A-B stock). I and let us not forget, August Busch kinda “took” the Budweiser name from a European brewer (Czechoslovakia, I believe). my guess is, they (InBev) will still brew “Bud” in Cartersville, St. Louis, Newark, etc. They’re not going to change the name (or the formula). It’s like the Braves. Does it matter (to consumers) who owns the franchise? sure the A-B execs and the Bush family are going to reap the lion’s share of the profit, but like it or not, they’re the “lions” in this jungle (more accurately, they’ve sold their title to InBev’s lions). And no matter who owns “Bud”, we can’t buy beer on Sundays in the backward-a** state, so I think there are more pressing matters to discuss.

By bourbon cowboy

July 14, 2008 8:15 AM | Link to this

excuse the Freudian typo. I meant Busch family, not Bush family.

By Pierre

July 14, 2008 8:15 AM | Link to this

For swolf4810:

Pierre again here. InBev - yes, company that now OWNS your precious American Budweiser, is headquartered in Belgium. What primary language do they speak in Belgium? FRENCH! F-R-E-N-C-H!

YOU STUPID IGNORANT AMERICAN LOSERS…no wonder you always get your a** handed to you…you are all DUMB and LAZY!

By Willis

July 14, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this

So what’s the big deal? George W. Bush sold out the White House the day after he moved in. I’ll still drink a bud now and then.

By amy

July 14, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this

For all of you foreigners putting out hate comments and you expats, just remember that you are reading an AMERICAN newspaper. Why? Go read your own country’s newspaper.

By Bud = Bad

July 14, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this

Budweiser is a pitiful excuse for beer anyway. I’ve always been embarrassed that Budweiser was known worldwide as “America’s Beer.” Maybe now enough people will stop drinking the rice-based horse excrement and try some real beer.

By Evekyn

July 14, 2008 8:23 AM | Link to this

I mad a typing error. A-B donated 13 million last year to local charities, NOT 13 billion.

By Tater in snellville

July 14, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this

Stella Artois is by far a better beer than Budweiser.

Tater

By Bob

July 14, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this

Don’t panic there is still plenty of great American beer.

As of 2007 there were:

53 Regional Craft Breweries 392 Microbreweries 975 Brewpubs

Check out the top 100 beers http://beeradvocate.com/top_beers

Most are American craft beers.

Seek out beer with flavor, not the mass produced industrial lagers that have succeeded in removing flavor from their beer.

Also try Sweetwater (Atlanta) and Terrapin (Athens) breweries. They are making great beer and each has a beer Sweetwater 420 and Terrapin Golden Ale that should appeal to the Bud drinkers.

By jeed

July 14, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this

I never drank Budweiser, but I thought it was as “American” as you could get. We have almost nothing left.

By JennyL

July 14, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

I don’t like beer, but liked Anheuser-Busch as a company. They have always done a great deal for charities, conservation, and to support our men and women in uniform. It is sad to think that those things will end with a foreign buyout of one of the great American companies.

By Deb

July 14, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

Hey Kevin - If you’re going to use this blog to put people down, at least have someone else ‘proof’ your writing, so you don’t sound like such an illiterate!!! Fool!

By Jerry

July 14, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this

Hey Pierre, If it wasn’t for us Americans you would be speaking German!!!

By lblanko

July 14, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

Just another step in becoming a third world country before long we will produce nothing and be dependent on other countries for surport and food I hope it’s worth it

By JohnnyReb

July 14, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

Ol “Pierre” is probably a troll trying to provacatuer. In case he’s not…Hey Pierre, why don’t you take yer cheese-eatin’, wine-sippin’, B.O. having, limp-wristed comments & shove em boy! We superior Americans bailed you candy@$$ frogs out far too many times son!

BTW - I’ll prefer ShinerBock & Jim Beam anyways. Get’cha pull!

By Terrapin Terrible

July 14, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this

I have had that nasty Terrapin urine twice now. Both times it gave me and those with me the sh!tz. Just because it’s local don’t tell me it’s good. That is some nasty garbage!

By DJ

July 14, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

Almost every post on this blog is moronic…it’s as if none of you actually read the story. All 12 AB breweries are to remain operational and with the unions controlling the workforce, very few jobs will be cut I’m sure. Budweiser and every other AB beer will still be brewed here and with the same excellent quality it has always had.

FYI Tim, Coors has been owned by Molson (Canada) for quite a while and is now being merged with SAB Miller (S.Africa). Yeungling and Sam Adams are the best “American” beers now I guess but I don’t understand how all you guys think Bud sucks, how did it become the best selling beer in the WORLD if it’s so terrible?

AH, Pierre…”WIMPY AMERICAN LOSERS”..that is really something coming from a country where everyone is born with a white flag in their hand. Go visit Normandy and Omaha beach and look at all the graves of the “wimpy” American soldiers that came and saved your country from Hitler you worthless piece of drivel.

By chris

July 14, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

Just drink Terrapin, Dogfishhead, Stone Brewing, North Coast Brewing, Rogue, Brooklyn, Unibroue, or hell….even Guinness. Why people drink Bud is beyond me.

You people complaining about outsourcing of brewery workers and what have you, then drink a microbrew. ANY microbrew.

Terrapin is brewed in Athens and is really good. Plus, their seasonal high gravity brews are amazing.

Don’t just talk about it, be about it.

By Jack ATL

July 14, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

Can we throw Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in with this deal as well??

By Bob

July 14, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this

Microbrews rule. Far superior flavor to the macros. It you have not found a micro that is GREAT, you have not tried hard enough, or you just don’t like beer.

Also don’t confuse best selling with highest quality. Everything from cars to clothes to food can be cited to show that the best selling is not the highest quality.

Budweiser will continue to be made in Cartersville.

The local Georgia breweries (Sweetwater and Terrapin) do support various charities.

By John

July 14, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

got what they deserved ! I have been boycotting AB ever since they bought Rolling Rock just for the name and moved production to New Jersey. Besides, Bud is crap beer anyway !

By Uncle Groucho

July 14, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this

Actually Belgians speak French, German, and Flemish. Some of them probably speak better English than kids working at the mall too.

And so far, the workers in St. Louis should still have a job. A few dozen suits may get sacked, but it’s not like In-Bev wants to close all the American breweries. That would just be stupid.

In overseas markets where Bud is brewed locally, it’s a huge hit. More Bud is sold in Irish pubs than Guinness each year if that says anything.

Say what you will, there’s not much that beats an ice cold Bud when you’re at the Braves game with the sun beating down on you. There’s a time and place for a Samuel Smith Imperial Oatmeal Stout like a pub just as much as a PBR is at home at the EARL.

Besides, if you were a stockholder, you want return on your investment. So blame Capitalism if you’re bent out of shape over this deal, not the Belgians.

By Lu

July 14, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this

It is a very sad day for the US and St. Louis. We just visited Gran’t Farm a few weeks ago. What a shame….

By Rugger2

July 14, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this

I’ve enjoyed many AB products through the years. Lately I have found myself drinking some partly because of what the company does(did) here for many causes and communities. And I drank some because AB was the last major US owned brewer. But I’m sure the ‘name’ will live on, though I doubt I’ll drink any AB products anymore. Like many others here are saying, there are some damn fine microbrews around. I’ll pay more for better taste.

By swolf4810

July 14, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this

I’ll bet France doesn’t claim Pierre as one of ‘theirs”… and why do I suspect his family was part of the Vichy government!

By Vixzilla

July 14, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

Here is the opportunity for Papst Blue Ribbon to become the “King of Beers” once again. I hope the new BW falls flat on it’s Rump. I wont buy AB products anymore. Is Miller still american owned and operated?

By bob

July 14, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

Its not beer people, its watered down Sake! Good riddance!

And besides, American companies were buying up iconic foreign brands like mad when the American economy was good (and for the most part running them into the ground - check Land Rover, Volvo, etc etc for examples). Turnabout is only fair now that this economy is in the tank and the dollar is soon to be worth less than a peso, gotta play nice people…..

By T

July 14, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

Another American icon bites the dust…

By Shannon

July 14, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

I was born and raised in St.Louis and I can’t believe they did this! Anheuser-Bush is one of the largest employers in St.Louis and I feel sorry for the people possibly facing a job loss in these times. St.louis is proud of their beer and their Cardinals through thick and thin and this is just a slap in the face. It’s part of our heritage and they just sold it out.

By Shannon

July 14, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this

I was born and raised in St.Louis and I can’t believe they did this! Anheuser-Bush is one of the largest employers in St.Louis and I feel sorry for the people possibly facing a job loss in these times. St.louis is proud of their beer and their Cardinals through thick and thin and this is just a slap in the face. It’s part of our heritage and they just sold it out.

By Shannon

July 14, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this

I was born and raised in St.Louis and I can’t believe they did this! Anheuser-Bush is one of the largest employers in St.Louis and I feel sorry for the people possibly facing a job loss in these times. St.louis is proud of their beer and their Cardinals through thick and thin and this is just a slap in the face. It’s part of our heritage and they just sold it out.

By tree

July 14, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

I will never again buy AB products. I think their market share is about to fall way below 48% in America. Hope those soon to be richer board members fall off their yachts!

By just anutter drunk

July 14, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this

guess i’ll go back to rwb, if its still made anymo!!!!!!!

By xeon

July 14, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

I won’t be drinking bud anymore either. I got rid of my last case yesterday.

By ATL80

July 14, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

Anheuser-Busch has been as American as apple pie for generations. I grew up a few hours from St. Louis and remember going to tour the brewery as a child and driving by the old Busch Stadium. While I’m sure they’ll still have the commercials with the clydesdale horses to evoke the American nostalgia it just won’t be the same. I know times are changing but it’s a sad day for this member of the “Bud Light” generation.

By Andrew

July 14, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this

It’s a sad day indeed but Sweetwater needs to capitalize on this…If Sweetwater were to make an American Pilsner like Bud, Miller, and Coors, they could dominate. I’m a college student so naturally, I have a soft spot for cheap, American, light beer that I can consume copious amounts of. I know the die hard Sweetwater fans would crap their pants but think of the economic impact Sweetwater could have if they produce an American Pilsner. We already know there is a market for it so to me, it’s a no brainer.

By Chip

July 14, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this

John, A-B bought Rolling from In-Bev back in ‘06. Now InBev buys A-B. Just shows how backwards everything is.

By Dan

July 14, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

Kind of funny that a guy named Pierre is talking about the US getting are ass handed to us. When the French economy would barely crack the top 10 STATES in the US. Not to mention a couple of wars in the last century. Didn’t france invent the white flag?? But back to the blog, yes bud is terrible beer, but it has its place, it is to beer what kraft macoroni and cheese is to pasta. That said, it is really a marketing company, much like coke. The production will still be made as local as possible the ignorance of economics on these boards is astounding

By Skull

July 14, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

well everyone here seems to hate budweiser anyway, so what’s the big deal? what about the good ole boys? they are at the lake and don’t “blog” i guess! cheers

By salliw

July 14, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

It sure seems like American big business is succumbing to just plain greed. It’s all about the dollar, isn’t it? It will be hard to cheer for the horses!!

By salliw

July 14, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

It sure seems like American big business is succumbing to just plain greed. It’s all about the dollar, isn’t it? It will be hard to cheer for the horses!!

By woody

July 14, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

Crap beer not the king and never was….

just stop drinking that squaller.

By AM

July 14, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

Another nail in the coffin for our country and the people. The world controlled (not Corporate America anymore) corporate greedy will be end of the constitution and the persuit of happiness for the large majority of us.

By MelP

July 14, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

Too bad Yuengling isn’t sold in GA. The best American beer if you ask me. Why isn’t it sold here? Anyone know?

By Gary

July 14, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

I’m amazed reading through these posts at the people that are stunned by this. Why does this type of corporate greed surprise people??? Are you wearing blinders to what all has been happening in the world so far? I guess if we’re able to pay the $4 a gallon for gas and believe the Oil companies lies oops! Er..um…Logical reasoning (record profits) for raising costs then this should be no surprise to anyone. This isn’t America from 200 years ago, nothing American is sacred anymore doesn’t anyone see that? We’ve become a nation that’s loyal to the dollar not our country (with the exception of those in the armed forces). If it can make a buck, it can be sold…to the highest bidder. Or in the case of outsourced jobs to the cheapest bidder. WTFUA, figure out the abbreviations, the 1st word is Wake :)Three words for Bud drinkers looking for a great tasting alternative…. PABST BLUE RIBBON.

By fishtales

July 14, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this

“Is Miller still american owned and operated?”

I believe they were bought by a South African company a year or two ago…

By K

July 14, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this

I don’t even drink beer and I’m p** off. Board of Directors of American companies. STOP SELLING OUT!!!

By Former Bud Drinker...

July 14, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

Hopefully, this will help out the smaller American breweries…they make better stuff anyway but just don’t have the advertising budgets…..

I’m sorry they got bought out…but not really mad about it……that’s capitalism..

By Former Bud Drinker...

July 14, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

Hopefully, this will help out the smaller American breweries…they make better stuff anyway but just don’t have the advertising budgets…..

I’m sorry they got bought out…but not really mad about it……that’s capitalism..

By Former Bud Drinker...

July 14, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

Hopefully, this will help out the smaller American breweries…they make better stuff anyway but just don’t have the advertising budgets…..

I’m sorry they got bought out…but not really mad about it……that’s capitalism..

By Dan

July 14, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this

So K you think the board should have blocked the sale, thereby denying millions of shareholders (and this means mutual funds of the middle class) millions of dollars in capital gains??? Had that happened and been reported, you would have probably blamed them for being greedy for that as well. Take an econ course

By Former Bud Drinker...

July 14, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

Hopefully, this will help out the smaller American breweries…they make better stuff anyway but just don’t have the advertising budgets…..

I’m sorry they got bought out…but not really mad about it……that’s capitalism..

By PBR=America in a can

July 14, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

Bud is too expensive anyways…. Drink PBR… its good stuff. Americans need to unite and drink cheap beer. Then all of these imports will lower their prices.

By Big Al

July 14, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

Time to change brands after drinking the Bud for over 30 years, Sad Sad Sad another AMERICAN business leaving for the almighty dollar

By Ed T

July 14, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this

MelP, I contacted Yuengling and they told me it isn’t sold in Georgia because they don’t have the capacity yet. It’s just a matter of time. My opinion on this is that the shareholders sold out the American public for a quick buck. Warren Buffet owned more shares than the Busch family, according to the AJC, and was in favor of the sale. Nobody would have an issue with this if an American company had bought AB. Regardless, support your local micro breweries because AB profits are going overseas after the sale.

By Dan

July 14, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this

lets remember, bud is incredibly successful at making a consistent product. They could, as could other mass brewries, make a high quality beer. The fact is they would make less money on it and there is a larger market for “american pilsner” and I am using that term very loosely. So they chose to make the beer the target market wants. The small brewers cant compete with the capital of the big boys so they differentiat on style and flavor. I think this will boost the small brewers big time

By Dan

July 14, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this

lets remember, bud is incredibly successful at making a consistent product. They could, as could other mass brewries, make a high quality beer. The fact is they would make less money on it and there is a larger market for “american pilsner” and I am using that term very loosely. So they chose to make the beer the target market wants. The small brewers cant compete with the capital of the big boys so they differentiate on style and flavor. While they still won’t be able to produce large quantities I still think this will boost the small brewers big time

By Time Out

July 14, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

I just hope that they don’t mess up Michelob. That other crap, especially Budwieser should have been sold a long time ago. I hope this means that people will no longer buy Budweiser and perhaps the Americans can finally turn out some decent Brew, or just lower the price of Michelob.

By Fred

July 14, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this

Dear Tim Scott,

Coors is owned by the CANADIAN Beer Company Molson, why switch to them?

Tim, A Belgian Company is one located in ummmmmm Belium, not Germany. You went to public schools didn’t you?

Sweetwater is still brewed in Georgia last time I looked as is Red Brick. if you want to support something close to home why not try supporting your neighbors here, not the ones in Missouri………

By Tee Total

July 14, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

It’s so funny to hear these beer snobs try to sound like wine snobs. That’s what alcoholism will do to your brain.

By American Gal

July 14, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

Thanks to all who put Pierre in his place! The main concern here is an American tried and true brand changing hands and jobs. Beer will still be brewed in the US and sold as is. The main concern is jobs. Mergers sometimes consolidate business units w/ loss or expansion of jobs, or the American top level execs being replaced or bossed by Euro types. My friend who works for A-B used to work for the Bass/Stella company (Imperial). They were bought by A-B and now going back to InBev, who owns the original brand my friend worked for. I believe we need to look inside the merger before saying good or bad. I believe what pi..ses us off more is the old legacy Budweiser becoming an Euro company where most of its customer base is the good old boy American. I also saw my friend wonder about his job with the Imperial/A-B merger and hate to see him go thru this again, as well as other fellow Americans. Hang in there A-B!

By K-Man

July 14, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

Maybe now the beers will taste better. The only great american beer is Duffs.

By Dave Perry

July 14, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

First, Budweiser tastes the way it does because that is what their core customers want. A-H could, and does for others, make a beer as good as anybody, and I mean anybody. The reason they were bought is because the U.S. Dollar is a bargain making American companies a bargain. I seriously doubt if we will see any change in A-H, as a corporation or in the perceived quality of their products.

By atlpaddy

July 14, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

What the @#$&!? Does this make me a gay, communist lover for drinking European beer now?

By CBL

July 14, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this

It was bound to happen- the entire US economy is on sale to the rest of the developed world, so look for more of this. Budweiser is really nothing but bilge water that gives you a really terrible hangover.

By Bob

July 14, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this

It’s just another case of America selling her soul for a buck! In just a few years, the rooster will come home to roost and America will bea third world country.

If you need signs or T Shirts or business printing call 888-804-1537! At least we are American owned!

By b

July 14, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

Support your local micro-breweries. Both Sweetwater and ABC (Atlanta Brewing Co.) are locally owned and operated and make great beers. They also have tours and tastings. http://www.sweetwaterbrew.com/ http://www.atlantabrewing.com/

By Decatur Boy

July 14, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this

Prophesy realized.

By ozzfest

July 14, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

Bud tastes like water, so I have not drank any of their products since college. The refined gentleman drinks SWEETWATER 420.

By deegee

July 14, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this

Budweiser Beer isn’t any good. Did you notice that In-Bev wants to sell it to emerging markets? They aren’t going to sell it to anyone else but Americans that want something alcoholic to help slosh down their pizza and chili dogs. American microbrews are good but the watery American stuff like Bud and Miller is awful. BTW, we should be happy that international companies are buying up American businesses. We need the cash.

By ATL80

July 14, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

Let’s support Sweetwater and all the other great local microbreweries!!!

By Bob H

July 14, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

another case of Coporate America selling us out to foreign countries. Millions of American Companies are outsourcing American Jobs to India, The Phillipines, Mexico, etc. I am seriously considering a move to India, so I can get a job with an American Company, because there are not any jobs here anymore!!!!

By RamblinLonghorn

July 14, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

You’re an idiot if you think that A-B brands will be shutdown or made overseas. The beer will be made by americans and sold to americans. The only thing that will change is where the money goes.

By BB from KCKS

July 14, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

It’s a sad day for St. Louis and the rest of our country. Who’s next up for bid? McDonald’s? Soon they’ll be putting the White House up for sale! A line should have been drawn a long time ago.

By Dan

July 14, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

The sky is falling! The sky is falling. For the economically ignorant some facts Gross Domestic product in trillions world 60.0 US 12.4 EU 12.6 China and Japan 12.4 Germany largest in EU 2.4 Belgium .337 12 of our states have larger economies than belgium and if you look at it per capita it would be 26 states that are more productive Think what you will from an emotional perspective but economically it just doesn’t matter at all.

By K-Man

July 14, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

Haven’t you heard? The White House is already owned by foreigners! Look at all those A-rabs going in and out of Bush’s white house!

By Biteme@yahoo.com

July 14, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this

Did you really think America was going to last forever? People have been trying to destroy us since the beginning. Get used to it, people. Just another sad day when more Americans will lost their jobs to overseas.

And to think, I used to be proud of this country.

By Bosch

July 14, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

It was bought by the makers of Beck’s - the best beer in the world.

Maybe InBev will make that crap Anheuser-Busch has been producing taste decent.

But from a business perspective, why are people surprised? There is no such thing as an American company anymore. American company executives would sell their mothers for a buck.

By newsman

July 14, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

why not? states have sold highways (indiana), financial firms have been bought by foreign entities, U.S. buildings also bought by foreign firms and our incompetent Congress appears to have been bought out. Like Obama said last weeek, we need to learn Spanish!

By Fed Up

July 14, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

Let’s see… Molson owns Coors, SAB owns Miller (which also brews PBR since Pabst went under), InBev will own A-B.

Okay fine. NOW will you switch to a beer than has some flavor, isn’t brewed with rice, is brewed locally and owned locally? NOW is the time for a beer revolution in the country. Say NO to watered down, mass produced swill and say YES to the small brewery down the street that’s more than willing to sell you a quality product at a competative price.

Drink American BEER, not foreign owned SWILL.

By Dan

July 14, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this

More whining and complaining about jobs Avg unemployment Clinton years 5.2 avg unemployment Bush years 5.2

facts is facts

now subjectively clinton had the benefit of the dot com bubble bush had to deal with the collapse of above mentioned bubble and 9/11.
its pretty clear who had the more challenging economic environment

By Dan

July 14, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this

Ah some more facts

Eu unemployment 7.1 India 7.2

so go and try to find jobs there

Now China is 3.9 but I don’t think they would give you a work visa (and they do control all the data)

By Jeffrey

July 14, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this

Looks like I’ll be buying a lot more Shiner Bock…

By CommonSenseRules

July 14, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this

The business of America is business!
Take a clue from the fictional Corleone family: it’s not personal. Most folks in the U.S. neither know nor care about the conglomerate ownership of the goods that they own. The guys who get plastered on Bud don’t give a flying fig who the CEO is.

By DREW

July 14, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this

Fed Up- Coors and Molson merged(they were not bought by) and they are still headquartered in Golden/ Denver. They also recently (and quietly) acquired Miller Brewing. So there is plenty of American owned and brewed beer out there.

By T

July 14, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this

Corporations are in the business to make money. Nothing more, nothing less. If the Busch family wanted to retain control of their company and their tradition, they should not have gone public, should have grown slower and retained ownership. The Busch family is ultimately responsible for making their company subject to a semi-hostile takeover and are just as greedy as InBev. The only upside about this sale is that InBev can’t possibly make a lousier beer than Budweiser.

By DREW

July 14, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this

Fed Up- Coors and Molson merged(they were not bought by) and they are still headquartered in Golden/ Denver. They also recently (and quietly) acquired Miller Brewing. So there is plenty of American owned and brewed beer out there www.millercoors.com

By DREW

July 14, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this

Fed Up- Coors and Molson merged(they were not bought by) and they are still headquartered in Golden/ Denver. They also recently (and quietly) acquired Miller Brewing. So there is plenty of American owned and brewed beer out there www.millercoors.com

By Reid in EAV

July 14, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this

InBev is a corner-cutting macrobrewer, but they are, at least, a corner-cutting macrobrewer with a better portfolio of brands and from a country (Belgium) that knows a thing or two about brewing good beer. As a lager, Stella is far superior to Bud, and Hoegaarden defines the “white ale” style. I seriously doubt Bud products would improve under new owners (haven’t drunk anything A-B’s created in years and years) but here’s hoping.

I’m not worked up about macrobrewers acquiring and merging, though. The only brewers that matter are ones like Stone, Dogfish Head, Sierra Nevada and others who craft their beer with care. The rest are just flavored water merchants. Yawn.

By JD

July 14, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

What is wrong with the idiot Al? You don’t know why things like this happen yet you blame the President. Is the President to blame because you are a moronic simpleton whose solution to all the worlds problems is to blame President Bush? It’s called corporate greed a*******hole. Get a life!

By Harry

July 14, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this

NASCAR is dominated by Toyotas, so who cares if BUD is no longer an American icon.

By rednecker

July 14, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this

So sad. I ain’t feeled this poorly since we sold my sister to them towelheads.

By Fed Up

July 14, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

Drew, do the letters SAB mean anything to you? As in, South African Breweries? Now put it all together… SABMiller. How, exactly, does that make Molson-Coors American owned?

The point is that major American breweries wouldn’t know a good tasting beer if they were drowned in it.

Yes, there is good tasting American beer. But it’s not produced by Miller, Coors, or A-B.

By Dan

July 14, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this

It’s not even corporate greed, its business, what were they supposed to do screw the stockholders? The family btw only held about 5%, defending a hostile takeover would have meant huge layoffs and potentially ruining the company. Then all the Henny Pennys out there would be yelling CORPORATE GREED! just like they are now. As far as government having anything to do with it, thats just ignorance. The executive branch has little to do with the economy anyway, and certainly not at a microlevel like a brewery business.

By Monica

July 14, 2008 4:00 PM | Link to this

More jobs going overseas! What are you talking about! Just because it’s owned by a foreign company doesn’t mean the whole plant gets shut down. Look at the “foreign” auto makers - they have plants HERE - not THERE. I don’t think the purchase is going to have any effect whatsoever.

By Monica

July 14, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

More jobs going overseas! What are you talking about! Just because it’s owned by a foreign company doesn’t mean the whole plant gets shut down. Look at the “foreign” auto makers - they have plants HERE - not THERE. I don’t think the purchase is going to have any effect whatsoever.

By Pro-American Business

July 14, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

Needless to say today is a sad day to see a American Business Icon being sold away as a result of a weak U.S. dollar. If the dollar was strong this play probably would not even be a consideration, it would be too expensive.

This should be a gleaming beam of light to our public officials that its time for this ship to be righted otherwise the market can completely devour our society as we know it. Bit extreme, yes, however the lack of attention and focus on current market conditions and the state of the ecomony is unsettling. How many more icon’s are we going to lose…let’s see may Kodak, or how about let’s have a company come in and buy IBM… yes it is a ridiculious statement but who would of thought BUD would be foreign owned?

By John

July 14, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

All of these people who are insulting American beer and praising imported beer must be rich. Considering the economy and the negative savings rate in this country, most Americans cannot afford to drink expensive, imported beer. Budweiser is not pretentious and not stylish, but it is a good beer for the middle class Americans, and I enjoy drinking it. There is nothing wrong with our citizens being proud of a good American company that produces a good product. Anheuser-Busch also provides a lot of jobs in this country. That is something we should all be very grateful for and proud that they were America’s Beer. It is sad that we are now without a large American beer company.

By Lee

July 14, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

Yet one more perfect example of RACISM. Where is Jesse Jackson????

By Wade-o

July 14, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this

It’s a sad day, when one of the best American companies gets bought out by another country.

By Angry beer drinker

July 14, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this

It is a sad day indeed!!! This Country does not belong to the American People anymore!!!!!!!!!! What is wrong with Corporations, are they all Corrupt and Moneyhungry????????????/

By zeke

July 14, 2008 8:38 PM | Link to this

It is a shame that the biggest American brewer has to sell because a foreign one has money! This shows how our ridiculous taxing system destroys blue chip companies! GM, FORD, maybe even GE and others will possibly fall by the wayside due to unfair practices by our government tax policies and the government being totally pro labor union at the expense of the companies and the economy!

By Jeff

July 14, 2008 9:12 PM | Link to this

I’ll switch to another brand if I can find an American owned brewer.

By Fed Up

July 14, 2008 9:17 PM | Link to this

I can think of two American made, American owned breweries off the top of my head that deserve the same level of dedication and support all of you disgruntled Bud and Budlight drinkers gave to A-B all these years.

Oskar Blues in Lyons, CO. Maybe its just because I’m drinking a cold Dale’s Pale Ale as I’m typing.

Victory Brewing in Downingtown, PA. Prima Pils is an outstanding pilsner.

Not to mention our good friends up in Athens at Terrapin Brewing, and local favs like Sweetwater and Atlanta Brewing Co., and several fine brew pubs (5 Seasons, etc.)

So please, buy American! As to the price… sure it costs a little more. Quality always does. I’d rather drink six good beers than twelve that are like making love in a canoe.

By Chris